Round 1 - Having a laugh!

1.

How does Miss Brooks, in Our Miss Brooks, earn her living?

School Teacher

2.

Whose children are called Junior and Babs?

Chester Riley

3.

Luigi Basco is the “l’il immigrant” from which European country?

Italy

4.

Henry is the teenage son of which typical American family?

The Aldrich Family

5.

Which other typical American family live in a white-framed house on Maple Street in Springfield?

Anderson's

6.

Who always knows best?

Father

7.

Which comedy character originally appeared in Fibber McGee and Molly and left to star in his own spin-off?

The Great Gildersleeve

8.

Ethel and Albert returned to radio in 1957 but only ever referred to each other as “Dear”. What was the new name of the serialized comedy drama?

The Couple Next Door

9.

Who wrote and starred in the female role of question 8?

Peg Lynch

10.

Which king of comedy died this year after celebrating his 100^th birthday?

Bob Hope

Round 2 - Young at heart

11.

Which famous bear named after a spice was usually broadcast each day from Thanksgiving until Christmas?

Cinnamon Bear

12.

What is the name of the canine star of Challenge of the Yukon?

King

13.

Who is the “All American Boy”? (Character's name)

Jack Armstrong

14.

Tonto is the faithful Indian companion of the Lone Ranger (now come on that would have been an easy question:) but can you name the theme tune? (Yes, I know you are der-dumming it now!)

William Tell Overture

15.

What is the name of Jerry’s dog in Jerry of the Circus?

Rags

16.

Which comic superhero was created by Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster in 1938 and became a radio serial in 1940?

Superman

17.

Which show stars a 16 year-old boy pilot and his pal Speed Robertson?

Air Adventures of Jimmy Allen

18.

What is the name of the series featuring Commander Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy in daring missions in the name of interplanetary justice?

Space Patrol

19.

Which series, when it was first broadcast, was based on a book and featured the author's daughter, Jane, as the girlfriend of the lead character and her husband as the lead character himself?

Tarzan

20.

Played by Guy Madison, what is the name of the western Marshall whose comic sidekick was called Jingles?

Wild Bill Hickok

Round 3 - Detect the Sleuth

In this round we’d like you to test your memory and name the detective character that featured in the listed show. And for an extra point each can you name the ACTORS who played each detective? Good Luck!

21.

Broadway is My Beat

Danny Clover played by Anthony Ross or Larry Thor

22.

Dangerous Assignment

Steve Mitchell played by Brian Donlevy or Lloyd Burrell

23.

Dragnet

Joe Friday played by Jack Webb

24.

Night Beat

Randy Stone played by Frank Lovejoy

25.

The Saint

Simon Templar played by Edgar Barrier or Vincent Price

26.

The Shadow

Lamont Cranston played by  James, La Curto, Frank Readick, or Orson Welles

27.

The Avenger

Jim Brandon played by James Monks or Dick Janaver

28.

The Falcon

Michael Wring played by Berry Kroeger, James Meighan, Les Tremayne

29.

The Fat Man

Brad Runyon played by J. Scott (Jack) Smart

30.

Rogues Gallery

Richard Rogue played by Dick Powell, Berry Sullivan, Chester Morris

31.

Now here is where you will have to do your homework, though the answer was in a recently added episode of Sherlock Holmes. Here goes, what is the Christian name of Dr Watson?

John

Round 4 - Cowboys & Indians

32.

William Conrad played Matt Dillon, US Marshall of Dodge City in which western drama?

Gunsmoke

33.

What was the character name of the “soldier of fortune, western knight errant, gunfighter” featured in Have Gun Will Travel?

Paladin

34.

Which actor played the character in question 2?

John Dehner

35.

Britt Ponsett is the hero of which western drama?

Six Shooter

36.

Which famous actor played Britt Ponsett?

James Stewart

37.

Which Western detective character, playfully known as Hoppy did William       Boyd play from 1948 – 1950?

Hopalong Cassidy

38.

What was the name of the ranch where the above character was foreman?

Bar 20 Ranch

39.

Name the juvenile western whose side kick character was called Pancho?

The Cisco Kid

40.

Which radio series started with a Rossini composition and had musical bridges between the scenes by Liszt and Tchaikovsky?

Lone Ranger

41.

Raymond Burr Played the character Lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry, but where?

Fort Laramie

Round 5 - And finally...

42.

Jack Packard and Doc Long were two characters of a trio, who was the third and what was the name of the show they featured in?

Reggie York, I Love Adventure

43.

In August 1947 Radio Life magazine wrote, “These stories all possess many times the reality that most radio writing conveys”. Which dramatic adventure anthology were they referring to?

Escape

44.

Which series was created and produced by Hyman Brown and during its run included such Hollywood stars as Boris Karloff, Peter Lorrie and Richard Widmark?

Inner Sanctum Mysteries

45.

What did the Blue Network eventually become?

American Broadcasting Company, ABC

46.

What was the name of Orson Welles’ theatrical air company that broadcast the infamous War of the Worlds in 1938?

Mercury Theater

47.

When Carroll P. Craig Sr. wrote the following, “He fills the air with boasts and brags, and obsolete obnoxious gags. The way he plays the violin is music’s most obnoxious sin…” to whom was he referring?

Jack Benny

48.

I was born in Vincennes, Indiana on July 18^th 1913. I began my career in blackface singing at the age of ten. I married Edna Stillwell in June 1931 and got my big break on the Rudy Vallee Show in 1937. Who am I?

Red Skelton

49.

Who were Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel better known as?

Grocho and Chico Marx or the Marx Brothers

50.

1921 saw the first live radio broadcast of a heavyweight title fight. Georges Carpentier was one of the boxers, who was the other?

Jack Dempsey